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श्रद्-धा f. af. See below
श्रद्-√ धा bP. Ā. -दधाति, -धत्ते (pr. p. श्रद्दधत्, श्रद्-द॑धान; Ved. inf. श्रद्धे॑cf. श्र॑त् above), to have faith or faithfulness, have belief or confidence, believe, be true or trustful (with न, ‘to disbelieve’ &c.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to credit, think anything true (two acc. ), [MBh.] ; [Kāv.] &c.; to believe or have faith in or be true to (with dat. , and in later language with gen. of thing or person, or with loc. of thing), [RV.] &c. &c.; to expect anything (acc. ) from (abl. ), [MBh.] ; to consent, assent to, approve, welcome (with acc. ; with न, ‘to disapprove’), [Kathās.] ; to be desirous of (acc. ), wish to (inf. ), ib.; [BhP.] : Caus. -धापयति, to make faithful, render trustful, inspire confidence, [RV. x, 151, 5.]
श्रद्धा f. cf. faith, trust, confidence, trustfulness, faithfulness, belief in (loc. or comp. ; श्रद्धया-√ गम्, ‘to believe in’, with gen. [Divyâv.] ), trust, confidence, loyalty (Faith or Faithfulnesses is often personified and in [RV. x, 151] invoked as a deity; in [TBr.] she is the daughter of प्रजा-पति, and in [ŚBr.] of the Sun; in [MBh.] she is the daughter of दक्ष and wife of धर्म; in [MārkP.] she is the mother of काम, and in [BhP.] the daughter of कर्दम and wife of अङ्गिरस् or मनु), [RV.] &c. &c.
श्रद्धया n. wish, desire (ind. ‘willingly, gladly’), longing for (loc. acc. with प्रतिinf. , or comp. ), [MBh.] ; [Kāv.] &c.
desire of eating, appetite, [Suśr.]
the longing of a pregnant woman, [Car.]
श्रद्धाम् आख्याहि नस् तावत् curiosity (, ‘just satisfy our curiosity and tell us’), [Kathās.]
purity, [L.]
respect, reverence, [W.]
calmness or composure of mind, [MW.]
intimacy, ib.
आ a term for the fem. nouns in , [Kāt.]
कामायनी (with ) N. of the authoress of [RV. x, 151] (cf. above)
प्रजा-पतेः du. (with ) N. of two सामन्s, [ĀrṣBr.]
श्रद्धा dश्रद्-दधान &c. See p. 1095, col. 3.
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